Number of students like borchardt starts climbing. Climbing. We work with a lot of manufacturers in the area and one of the things that we hear from them a lot is how difficult it is to find skilled work force. Kirkwood staff say when many people think of manufacturing. They think of what the industry looked like years ago. Ago. The United States is a country that was founded on making things. Roger kloudas company in linn county makes plastic injection molds for major brands like polaris, yamaha and honda. He says manufacturing is much cleaner and more hightech than it used to be. And something that can be made into a career. Career. Those of us who still make things have a lot of pride in that. Msi mold builders is one of 15 companies at kirkwoods advancing the future tour. Tour. They want people to realize that in order to continue to move forward and grow within our region, manufacturers play a key part in that. Manufacturers say they have to compete nationally for workers. But promote the industry and local programs to get help here. Here. I think a lot of times people dont realize what skill of math, for example is needed to run one of their machines, what kinds of skills are necessary to do a nice weld. They hope programs like these help bring concerns over the lack of workers down. If you would like to learn about the list of companies here interested in meeting potential workers, we have resources for you on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. In total there are close to 6 thousand manufacturing employers in the state. Its a lucrative job too the average salary in iowa is just over 51 thousand dollars. A member of the iowa board of regents now says the board may have mishandled the Selection Process for the university of iowa president. Subhash sahai says the regents hiring of Bruce Harreld may have given the appearance of bias and a lack of transparency since his selection students and facility members have accused the regents of favoriting harreld for the job. Today board president Bruce Rastetter said that isnt true. Yes, Bruce Harreld also came to campus and Bruce Harreld wanted to do additional diligence work beyond what some of the other candidates did. Which i would view as good. Good. Herrald will take office november 2nd. Three marion men are now facing charges after a burglary spree in solon. Police arrested 18yearolds kain crotez and zachary ross and 19yearold jordan lehman yesterday. According to police complaints, the three men broke into multiple cars on september 21st and stole credit cards. They also stole a gun and ammo clip out of one car. All three were caught on security video using the stolen cards and admitted the thefts to police. Each one now burglary and one theft charge. Cbs 2 news is continuing to track the lastest numbers in the race to the white house. House. The latest quinninpiac poll has a new republican front runner among likely iowa caucus goersdoctor ben carson leads donald trump right now with 28percent support to trumps 20. Last month, quinnipiac had trump six points ahead of carson in iowa. Florida senator marco rubio rounds out the top three with 13percent support. Be sure to tune in every week for cbs 2s iowa in focus. Well takes you through the political news of the week, with indepth analysis and stories about the Campaign Season you wont see anywhere else. Tune in to iowa in focus, sunday mornings at 10 30 on cbs 2. Bells ringing ringingits almost that time of year again where youll be seeing and hearing the Salvation Army around town. The Organization Needs your help. Theyre looking for volunteers to get into the holiday spirit and give their time ringing bells. Its the Salvation Armys biggest fundraising effort. The Red Kettle Campaign accounts for at least 45 percent of the armys operating budget. It helps with food baskets throughout the year, rent and utility assistance, other social services. Anything we need. Ill be emceeing the Red Kettle Campaign kickoff banquet, november 12th at the cedar rapids marriott. You can find more information on our website. Do you know somebody who needs a new car . Howd you like to be able to give a deserving person a car for just one dollar . It can happen happen cbs 2 News Reporter joy howe is here right now to tell us how. Just one dollar and just one catch you cant nominate yourself. Anderson automotive is rolling out its wheels to Prosper Program once again this year. The auto shop fixes up a car, and then gives it away for your help, to figure out who to give it to. They want you to think about someone who needs and really deserves a car. All you have to do is tell anderson automotive that persons story, and they do the rest. We just love hearing their story and how they try so hard. And sometimes life just beats them up. That doesnt make them a bad person, theyve just had a little rougher time 11. 38. 09. 14 11. 33. 42. 06 it gives somebody the opportunity whos been kind of kicked down a little bit, the chance to get back on their feet. 11. 33. 46. 02 11. 33. 46. 02submit your nominations to anderson automotive either through their website or handwritten but they need to be postmarked by this tuesday, the 26th. Then, we will announce the winner youll only see it right here on cbs2 next friday, october 30th meet the man whos honoring veterans, one painting at a time. Ray Bubba Sorensen is stopping in every iowa county creating freedom rocks murals painted on boulders as a thank you to our nations veterans for their service. Today, sorenson was in solon painting johnson countys freedom rock. He says its the least he can do for those who gave up their lives for their country. Im very blessed to live in america, and i have the freedom to choose what i want to do for a living. And i choose to be an artist, and what better way to do not only what you chose to do for a living, but to honor the people who protect that right. Right. Sorenson will be in the Hawkeye State often he hopes to do 10 to 12 rocks a year and has worked booked through 2020. The greatest show on earth is in cedar rapids right now. Now. The ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus kicks off one of its last tours at the Us Cellular Center this evening. It will also be one of the last times youll get to see the iconic asian elephants. By 2018, the circus plans to phase out the elephant acts. Instead, ringling will care for them at the center for they plan to work with doctors and Research Cancer cures. With ringling being the largest population of asian elephants, what better place to figure this out than with the Ringling Bros and barnum and bailey circus. Circus. The circus will be in cedar rapids until sunday. Still to come on the cbs 2 news at 6. Second thoughts why city leaders in marion are taking a closer look at the site of a if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But the republicans. They want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. They dont stand up for equal pay for women. They dont support paid family leave. They dont even really support refinancing student debt. Weve got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. Thats what i intend to do as president. Tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning, see a new way scammers are trying to steal your identity. Identity. What you need to know to protect yourself. Thats tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. Time now for this weeks cbj report reportjoining us live from the corridor Business Journal is reporter dave dewitte. Dave youre reporting that parts of a landmark building in cedar rapids are for sale . One of cedar rapids downtown iconic buildings is for sale, although you cant buy all of it. It. Much of the paramount building, which is attached to the paramount theater, hit the market recently for 1. 8 million. The listing includes ground floor lobby space, plus more than 15,000 square feet of leasable retail space and office space on several floors above. Built in the 1930s, the fivestory structure was flood of 2008 and divided into condominium ownership. It is in good shape, but the owner, who bought the space two years ago, is moving away, Real Estate Agent tiffany earl said. Were also hearing theres some apprehension about the proposed ymca location in marion . Marion . Marion mayor Snooks Bouska doesnt like the site the ymca picked for a proposed 19 million facility to replace the halfcenturyold structure the y has long outgrown. The site on the citys north side at Tower Terrace road and winslow road is in the indian creek flood plain, mr. Bouska noted in recent media reports. But the reports drew a Quick Response from ymca executive director bob carlson. He said the building site will be elevated three feet above the 100year flood plain, and there are no plans at this time for baseball diamonds and Tennis Courts in the flood plain that some media reported. Mr. Bouska wants to see a new y on the existing site on 10th avenue, but mr. Carlson said the nenesite on the north end will be in the center of marions population in 20 years. A big consulting contract awarded by the city of cedar rapids tuesday will launch the citys program to build about 4,000 curb cuts to improve accessibility for residents. The city hired Recreation Accessibility Consultants for 935,000 to help the city survey and prioritize intersections that need curb cuts, and plan work that will begin next spring. Assistant city manger sandy fowler said the city expects to have contract specifications to put the first 1,000 curb cut projects out for bid by the end of march, and wants contractors to be prepared for all that work. Its part of the citys recent settlement with the United States department of in the citys compliance with the americans with disabilities act that will cost around 15 million. Million. For more indepth coverage of these stories and more, be sure to check out mondays edition of the corridor Business Journal. Right now a local Software Company is working around the clock literally to help good causes. Causes. Workers from geonetric are volunteering their time to build brandnew websites for local nonprofits. At the end of 24 hours, 8 organizations will have their new website. Thats double the amount of sites created at last years event. Clear skies today but we could be in for wet day tomorrow. Justin roberts is here now wearing my favorite tie, with your cbs 2 weather first and coming up in sports sportsiowa on a big week but lead the big 10 in an explosive category on offense hawk talk is next on cbs 2. 2. Cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kgan call us at 1800you. Connects with cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kgan if you think storm damage is the only cost of climate change, think again. From the rising price of food to higher insurance rates for homes and businesses, the economic damage will only get worse. But with americanmade clean energy, we can save money on electricity and spur innovation to create new businesses and jobs. It all starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. Ever since greg davis became iowas offensive coordinator in 2012 hes stressed the importance of explosive plays and this year, davis and the rest of the hawks are seeing plenty of explosive plays iowa leads the big 10 conference with plays from scrimmage of 40 yards or more with 12 in the last two seasons theyve had a total of 13 explosive plays and that makes davis a happy camper. were probably more explosive through seven games than i would have anticipated in august. If you can get a couple of chunk plays during the course of a game, it does wonders for field position, it does wonders for your football team. I think c. J. Is seeing opportunities to take the ball down the field and taking them. Don betts has been involved with the dikenew hartford Football Program since it became the dike new hartford Football Program in 1992 this season his wolverines are undefeated and ranked 2nd in 1a but winning isnt what betts is all about its Building Leaders don betts our ed thomas coach of the week week theres a saying at dikenew hartford play with effort its not taking plays off, its 100 percent effort 100 percent of the time. Play with enthusiasim grinding football, no matter what you are always going after people. And play with pride for the name across your chest im honored to be a part of that. And don betts has since the start of dike new hartford football and while the teams have changed his mindset hasnt. Hasnt. We really want to win games and focus on winning, but the truth of the matter is to many of our kids and coaches put too much time and effort in to this just to be about winning or losing football games. Theres a Bigger Mission here. Preparing kids have to complete 3 years of leadership training we teach them what leadership is, how to be a leader, we give them opportunities to lead so they can take those skills with them when they move on. On. He makes us reliable, he makes us responsible, he holds us accountable for everything that we do. Because to betts the best part about football is the kids i love these kids. Theyre a great group a kids and i tell them every day the highlight of my day is when i show up to practice. Where the wolverines tackle life last night the cubs dream season came to an end at wrigley as the mets completed a 4 game sweep in the nlcs. Initial recation for cubbies fans and players, ovbiously disappointment but remember how far this team came, last year they won 73 this year they flew the w one hundred and 1 times manager joe maddon put the positives in prospective after the game to get within 4 games of the world series in your freshman year is not a bad thing, so of course we wanted to go further and of course its highly disappointing however, you have to look at the positives that are involved and thats what i want them to really focus on when they go home and they have a chance to reflect individually and as a group all that weve accomplished this year. We will be right back to take tt2watx n4 p bt qj4 tt2watx n4 p a qz8 tt2watx n4 p bm qq3 tt4watx n4 r dztq 4 , tt4watx n4 r entq d l tt4watx n4 r gzt ],4 tt4watx n4 r hnt mx tt4watx n4 r iztq k tt4watx n4 r jntq 5; tt4watx n4 r thanks for watching your cbs 2 tonight is up next. We ho hey, is that it . I think thats it. 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